New Samsung NV3 Digital Camera Part 2 (1 Viewer)

Pterodroma said:

Hi Paul


Would you mind answering a question please? I'm travelling to India in a few days time and would like to know what settings to leave the NV3 on, so as to take it from the pocket and hand-hold to the scope for a quick shot. (I've not got the time to experiment with all the settings before leaving ) I've never digiscoped before but want some record shots. I use the old Swarovski 80HD with a zoom lens.

Any help appreciated

Thanks in advance

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Firstly you do need to play with it before you go, or it could result in less than acceptable record shots, do you have a fixed w/a eypeiece as well?

Would be more inclined to use this if you have one, due to the small piece of glass on the old swaro zoom and you trying to handhold/juggle the camera into position

If not, then definitley practice on anything that resembles a shape before you go!

The "P" programme is ok and simple to use,

ISO setting between 100 - 400 start at 100 if the pic is blurred go upto 200 and then 400, where you are going i would leave it on 100 due to the amount of sunshine you are going to have but again, a littel trial and error

White balance to be set on cloudy or sunny symbol, if left on auto, colours can look not quite right

Exposure as appropriate, obviously under exposure, do it in degrees and check the shot if it needs more under exposure do it, if you dont you will be keeping record shots of bleached out birds

Metering - on spot metering

Need to review your pics initially to be sure you are happy with the shot

thats it really

Dont forget you can do short video clips say between 10 - 20 secs dependant on you size of memory card/s

Take a few shots of a bird and not just one shot, you can always delete later

You will have to do a little work before you go thats obvious, learn the menus that you need to which totals 3, if you leave it on AUTO, it will give you bleached out pics out there, especially if there is a reasonable amount of white plumage on the bird despite spot metering

Hope that helps

Rgds

Paul

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Paul Jarvis said:

Just bought it Paul, will go in my camera bag with my Contax U4R, Fuji F30 and Sony N1, each have their strengths, there is no one camera that delivers all, thats fact, we compromise with these cameras, the reason i like this camera is i really like the auto setting, thats why i bought it,

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I'm still dithering over this digiscoping business - I have a Leica 62 scope with a x30 eyepiece. I nearly bought a NV3 a while back but various photographic magazines suggested it it produced pretty indifferent images. When I tried it I found it hard to line up to the eyepiece. However a birder I saw this w/e swore by it and thast in use lining it up wasn't that difficult once you got used to it! Ideally I'd like a camera without an extending lens too......
However, I've also heard good things about the F30 which has the advantage of good low light performance. As you've got both the NV3 & the F30, if pushed which would you opt for?

John

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